16 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
obtaining it, I should consider that it was a local species, being 
confined to one or two favourable spots, but occurring there 
in considerable numbers. 
Axius stirhynchus, Leach. 
This allied genus is represented by one British species, which 
resembles in general form the foregoing. It, however, possesses 
many characteristic differences, and is much more allied to the 
true Lobster type. 
The carapace is somewhat cylindrical, but compressed later- 
ally, and the abdominal somites are stoutly arched and massive ; 
the anterior pair of legs are heavy and Lobster-like, but slightly 
hairy; the second pair possess small pincers, and the remaining 
three pairs are simple. The tail-plates are rounded, the central 
one being, however, triangular and armed with two spines. 
The ova of this species are few in number, large in pro- 
portion to the size of the animal, and amber in tint. I have 
seen females of Axius stirhynchus carrying ova in November, 
which is late, unless the species be double-brooded, which is 
possible. The zoea is very similar in appearance to that of the 
Northern Stone Crab, Lithodes maia, but of course smaller. 
The colour of this species is somewhat variable; Bell 
describes it as a pale reddish brown, but it is more frequently of 
a dull dirty white, though I have seen it pink. One specimen in 
particular in my own collection is exceedingly beautiful, and 
when alive was of a more delicate tint than the finest pale 
pink coral. 
A. stirhynchus burrows in sand, mud, and dlebribae, though 
usually, I believe, in the two latter materials. If placed alive in 
a jar of sea-water it endeavours to bury itself at once, and will 
vainly endeavour to hollow out the glass bottom of the jar with 
its apparently clumsy claws. 
It has been recorded from Plymouth, Sidmouth, and Jersey ; 
at the last-named place it may be most readily met with. 
Calocaris macandree, Bell. 
This extremely rare species is described and named by Bell, 
but, as I have never yet obtained it myself, nor seen it, except in 
the British Museum, I give an outline of his description. 
There is also a notice of it trom Moray Firth in the British 
